Louise Boyle
Personal Information
Born: 1910
Died: 2005
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Education
Vassar College
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— Louise Boyle
Professional Life
Field of Study: Photography
Institution/Corporation: Kheel Center Cornell University
Degrees & Memberships: None found
Awards & Achievements
Awards: None found
Achievements: her images documented the devastating effects of the Great Depression on American workers in the south especially African Americans; one of her earlier bodies of documentary work is a set of photographs of Pennsylvania coal miners she took for Survey Graphic; her photos showed the hardships of ordinary people who united to work for a better future in the face of adversity
served for a time as an editor for the Cornell University Press
a collection of her photographs is held at the Kheel Center, Cornell University, as part of its Southern Tenant Farmers Union (SFTU) related holdings
prominent in her work are the ideas of togetherness and shared struggle
in 1982 she attempted to recreate her 1937 photos of African Americans in Arkansas
born in North Dakota & family moved to Ithaca NY when she was 8 & she resided there for the remainder of her life